Reed-organ



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(No Model.)

F. W. PEL'OUBET.

REED URGAN.

No. 301,000. Patented June 24, 1884.

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F. W. PELOUBET.

REED ORGAN.

N0. 301,000. Patented June 24, 1884.

u"\ C L 11 E 1\ l HF C UNITED Smarts Ferretti* FRANCIS XV. IELOUBET, OF NEVARK, NEV JERSEY.

REED-ORGAN- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,000, dated June 24, 1884. 1

Application filed August 30, 1883. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fi-zANcis W. PnLoUnEr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reed-Organs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description ol' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to improve the quality of tone in reed-organs, to simplify the vconstruction and action of the same, and to enable the various parts, and more especially the reeds, to be easily removed and replaced without disturbing the other parts.

The invention consists in such arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the iigures, Figure lisa front elevation of a reedorgan action embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same partly in section, the section being taken through line fr o'l' Fig. I, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view, showing the relation ol the reed-cham bers and the pallet to a draft-bellows.

In the drawings, A are the keys of the organ 5 B, the valves or palettes; C, the reedboard, and D the reeds. The reeds D are arranged in the reed-board one above the other, as shown, and are so placed that the reed-cell openings, which are covered by the valves, are in a direct line, preferably vertical, as shown in Fig. 2; but they may be oblique, the inclination of the valve or palette conforming to the inclination or position ofthe openings of thel reed-cells. The said reed-cells E open toward the front ofthe reed-board, as shown, and through the opening the wind is drawn by suction-bellows I), Fig. 8. rlhe .reeds are placed at the bottom of said cells, the tongues ofthe reeds normally lying therein, and being drawn downward toward the resonating- `vantage to the resulting tone.

chambers F. Said resonating-cliamber lying beneath the reeds controls the vibration ol' the air after it passes through the reed-chamber and before entering into the wind-chest S. The resonating-chambers are supplied with valves G, to cut off the air passing therefrom.

In order to modify the quality ofthe tone, the air-chambers or resonatingchambers F may be made larger or smaller in size. rIhe valves or palettes B are attached to the key-piece A by a pin, a, or any suitable device, at one end andl to the stationary pieces I), by the pivoted strips c at the other. By this construction the palettes in rising under the iniiuence of the keys have an oblique motion upward and away from the openings ofthe reed-cells. The connectives c tend to steady the upper eX- tremities of the palettes, and are adapted to throw said palettes farther, from the face ofthe reed-board than would the upward pivotal motion of the portion a. alone. rllhis construetion, therefore, by removing the palette farther froni the reed-board, allows the air to be drawn into theV reed-cells more freely with ad- Springs c are employed to return the palettes to their closed positions; but in lieu ol them weights or other mechanical means or devices may be used. Openings of various forms, as I-I, Fig. I, are made in the palettes, and are so placed that when the palettes are raised the openings will be opposite to the cell-openings, and thus allow the removal and insertion of the reeds, which are constructed so as to slide into the cells without disturbing the valves or palettes. In Fig. 2 the palette is shown raised with the openings therein opposite to the reed-cells.

In order to still further vary and improve the tone, one or more rows of reeds may be placed obliquely in the reed-board, similar to the middle rows in Fig. 2, said reeds, whether arranged horizontally or obliquely within the reed-board, being so placed that the openings of the reed-cells, which are covered by the palettes, are in a direct line one above the other either vertically or obliquely. -While all the reed-cells are opened or uncovered at once by the lifting of the palettes, still the pusauge el' the uir through eertudu :his of reeds is regulated by the vulves (l, which ure eeuueeted with the steps und are numipuhtted by the player.

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